I was teaching at CSU the summer that Mackey was trying to hide Bol on campus, away from the NCAA spies.

Of course, it's hide to hide someone that tall. The first time I saw him, he was waiting for the elevator at the UC. I hadn't heard about him at the time - and when I saw him I thought he was 8 feet tall. I was heading for the elevators anyway, so I went over and stood next to him. I'm 6 feet tall, and when standing next to him I never felt so short in all my life. He used the elevator to go up to the second floor, which at the time gave me doubts about his conditioning.